Imitation brick siding



Jan. 8, 1935.

J. A. KLIMSZA IMITATION BRICK SID ING 7 Original Filed Feb. 18, 1932INVENTOR. 76% ri/fl z'mlsza ATTORNEY.

Patented Jan. 8, 1935 [UNITED STATES 7 IMI'IA'IION BRICK SIDING John A.Hamtramck, Mich.

Application February 18, 1932, Serial No. 593,749

Renewed March 31, 1934 Claims (Cl. 20-5) This invention relates toimprovements in imitation brick siding assemblies for buildings, andconsists in the provision of siding pieces adapted to be secured tobuildings, said pieces having their 5 lower inner and upper outer facesinclined and being stepped on their outer faces between their upper andlower portions to form the lower extremities of mortar lines, incombination with" bottom strips which extend around the base ofbuildings and conform in cross section to the shape of the upperportions of the siding pieces.

. Another object of the invention is to provide such siding pieces eachhaving a lower portion the outer face of which is intended to lievertically while its inclined inner face is intended to rest against thecorrespondingly inclined outer face of the upper portion of anothersiding piece the lowerextremity of which projects below the first namedpiece. Moreover the inner face of the upper portion of each siding pieceis intended to' lie substantially contiguous'to the outer side of abuilding to which the siding is applied and to be secured thereto.

A further object of the invention is to provide such siding pieces whichare so proportioned that the upper extremity of each piece extends abovethe step formed on the outer face of the siding piece next above it andlying contiguous to it so that the said upper portion projects above themortar line the lower margin of which is formed by the aforesaid step.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide such siding pieces andbottom strips which .may be satisfactorily employed around the cornersof buildings.

Another object of the invention is to provide a relatively cheap andeasily applied form of imitation brick siding assembly which, when inplace on a building, presents the appearance so similar to realbricksiding that it may be readily mistaken therefor, and which is materiallycheaper than real brick siding to install.

Having thus enumerated some of the major objects and advantages of theinvention'I will now proceed to describe a preferred embodiment thereofwith the aid of the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a portion of a wall to which the siding has beenapplied.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a corner of a building faced with thesiding.

Figures 4 and 5 are plan .views of a siding piece and a portion of abottom strip respectively both of which are flexed intermediately oftheir length and are intended to be used on corners of buildmgs.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a portion of a wall of abuildingresting on a sill 2. On the latter and against the-wall 1 I firstarrange a plurality of bottom strips 3 which are secured at intervals tothe wall 1 as by nails 4 as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. The outer facesof the strips 3 are inclined so that the bottoms of these strips arethickest and their upper margins thinnest. At the corners of thebuilding I employ corner strips 33 as shown in Figure 5 which are flexedintermediately of their length but are otherwise exactly similar to thestrips 3.

Each siding piece 5 consists of an upper and a lower portion 5a and 5brespectively. The lower portion 5b has a vertical outer face while itsinner face is inclined so that the said lower portion is thinner at itsbottom extremity. At the top of the lower portion its outer face isstepped as shown at 50, and extending upwardly from the inner margin ofthe step is the upper portion 5a. The outer face of the latter isinclined while its inner face is vertically disposed for the majorportion of its height so that the said upper portion 5a is thinnest atits upper extremity. The tapered inner face of the lower portion 5b isparallel with the tapered outer face of the upper portion 5a so thatwhen the siding pieces are applied and lie in overlapping relation toone another the tapered inner face of each lower portion 5?) lies incontact with the tapered outer face of the upper portion 5a of thesiding piece which projects downwardly beneath it. Moreover theinclination of the tapered outer faces of the bottom strips 3 mustconform to the taper of the inner faces of bottom portion 5b of thesiding pieces 5 which rest against them. Angle siding pieces 55 similarto the pieces 5 except that they are flexed intermediately of theirlength are employed on corners of buildings above the angle bottomstrips 33.

In the inner faces of the siding pieces steps 5 occur in their innerfaces above the steps 50 in the outer faces. These steps 5] are soformed as to receive the upper margins of the pieces 5, or bottom strips3, which lie behind them. The siding pieces 5 are so proportioned thatwhen their inner steps 5f are thus supported their lower margins arespaced above the steps 50. of the pieces which project below themthereby forming a horizontal slot '7 which presents the appearance of ahorizontal mortar line. It will also benoted that the inner steps 5occur some distance above the outer steps 50 so that the upper portion5a of each siding piece extends above the lower margin of the sidingpiece next but one above it, thereby providing three thicknesses ofsiding pieces behind the lower extremity of each piece, and soprotecting the wall 1 from moisture that. might otherwise penetratebetween the adjacent vertical margins of the pairs of horizontallyaligned siding pieces, the width of each of which is uniform throughoutits entire height.

Here it is to be further noted that the abutted inclined faces of thelower and upper portions of adjacent vertically placed siding piecesprovides for a downward wedging action of the uppermost siding piecerelatively to the next lower siding piece during the bringing ofsuccessive siding pieces into assembly. This wedging action, which isaccentuated during the nailing operation to a lesser or greater degreedepending upon the straight-in or down-toeing drive of the fasteningnails, in any case, results in a tight joint being formed between thesteps 5 and the top margins of adjacent upper and lower siding pieces,as well as between the said inclined faces themselves.

I prefer to make each siding piece 5 greater than one brick in length,and in order to preserve a brick-like appearancevertical slots 5d areformed in the faces of the lower siding portions 5a. The lower portions5b of the siding pieces I prefer to color either red or yellow topresent the appearance of brick while the upper portions 5a and thebottom strips 3 I usually make black so that their exposed portions willpresent the appearance of mortar.

From the above'it will be obvious that after the strips 3 have beenapplied the siding pieces 5 are applied course on course workingupwards, each piece being secured in place by a plurality of nails asshown at 6.

While in the foregoing the preferred embodiment of the invention hasbeen described and shown, it is understood that the construction issusceptible to such alterations and modifications as fall within thescope of the appended claims.

What I claim is: I

1. A siding strip comprising an elongated body, the outer face of thelower portion of said body and the inner face of the upper portion ofsaid,

body extending parallel, and the inner face of the lower portion of saidbody-and the outer face of the upper portion of said body extendingparallel and inclined to said first-mentioned faces, the inclined faceof the upper portion being longer than the inclined face of the lowerportion andextending at its lower edge, below the upper edge of theinclined face of the lower portion.

2. A siding strip comprising an elongated body, the outer face of thelower portion of said body and the inner face of the upper portion ofsaid body extending paralleLand the inner face of the lower portion ofsaid body and the outer face of the upper portion of said body extendingparallel and inclined to said first-mentioned faces, the inclined; faceof the upper portion being longer than the inclined face of the lowerportion and extending at its lower edge, below the upper edge of theinclined face of the lower portion, there being formed in the lowerportion of each 'strip spaced slots.

3. A siding assembly comprising a plurality of similar elongated piecesarranged horizontally in rows to form a vertically directed structure,the outer face of the lower portion of each piece lying parallel to theinner face of the upper portion of each piece, the inner face of thelower por ---diately below and'engaging at its shoulder the upper edgeof the row immediately below said upper and lower portions beingconnected by a thin strip having opposite parallel inclined faces.

4. A siding assembly comprising-a plurality of similar elongated piecesarranged horizontally in rows to form a vertically directed structure,

the outer face of the lower portion of each piece lying parallel to theinner face of the upper portion of each piece, the inner face of thelower portion of each piece and the outer face of the upper portion ofeach piece extending parallel in inclined relation to saidfirst-mentioned parallel faces, there being formed on the rear side ofeach piece at the juncture of the rear face of the lower portion and therear face of the upper portion a shoulder, the inclined rear face of thelower portion being shorter than the inclined front face of the upperportion so that the inclined front faces of the upper portion over-lapthe inclined rear face of the lower portion, the lower portion of eachrow overlying the upper portion of the row immediately below andengaging at its shoulder the upper edge of the row immediately below;and a wedge shaped supporting piece engaging behind and contacting withthe shoulder on the lowermost row for supporting the same.

5. A siding assembly comprising a plurality of similar elongated stripsarranged horizontally in rows to form a vertically directed structure,the outer face of the lower portion of each strip, and the inner face ofthe upper portion of each strip being directed vertically and the rearface of the lower portion of each strip and the outer face of the upperportion of each strip being inclined tothe vertical'the outer inclinedface being of greater length than the rear inclined face and extendingat its lower edge below the upper edge of said rear inclined face, therebeing formed a shoulder on the front and rear faces of each strip at thejuncture of the inclined faces with the vertically directed faces, saidstrips being arranged with the lower portion overlapping the upperportion of the strip immediately below and engaging at its shoulder onthe upper edge of the strip below and terminating at its lower edge inspaced relation to the shoulder formed on the front face of the stripbelow, there being formed in the lower portion, extending inwardly fromthe lower edge, a plurality of spaced slots corresponding in width tothe space between the lower edge of the lower portion and'the shoulderon the outer face of the strip immediately below.

JOHN A. KLIMSZA.

